Run a thriving ministry with the small team you already have
Lean Ministry Tech gives pastors and church leaders a practical, step-by-step system to put affordable digital tools to work — automating communications, coordinating volunteers, and keeping your congregation connected without burning out your staff or your budget.
"I built this course so you could spend less time on the tools and more time on the people — because that's the whole point."
— Official Derick Faison
What you'll learn
What you'll be able to do
- Set up a free or low-cost church management platform to track members, attendance, and giving without a dedicated admin.
- Automate weekly communications — bulletins, reminders, and follow-ups — using email and SMS tools that run on their own.
- Build a simple, professional church website and online giving page that volunteers can maintain in minutes per week.
- Coordinate and schedule a small volunteer team using digital sign-up and task tools that reduce no-shows and confusion.
- Stream and repurpose Sunday services across social media and podcast platforms to extend reach beyond the building.
- Create a 90-day digital operations plan that keeps your ministry running smoothly even during volunteer shortages.
How it works
A school that adapts to you
This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.
We learn your level
A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.
Lessons adapt as you go
Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.
Your AI coach keeps you moving
Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.
The curriculum
What's inside your school
6 modules · 25 lessons
Church Management Without a Full-Time Admin
Set up and use a free or low-cost church management system to track members, attendance, and giving on a lean team.
- 1.1Choosing the Right Church Management PlatformIncluded
- 1.2Setting Up Your Member Database from ScratchIncluded
- 1.3Tracking Attendance and Giving Without a Dedicated AdminIncluded
- 1.4Running Simple Reports That Actually Help You LeadIncluded
Automating Your Weekly Communications
Build email and SMS workflows that send bulletins, reminders, and follow-ups automatically so nothing requires manual effort each week.
- 2.1Mapping Your Weekly Communication TouchpointsIncluded
- 2.2Setting Up Automated Email Bulletins and AnnouncementsIncluded
- 2.3Adding SMS Reminders and Follow-Up SequencesIncluded
- 2.4Building a First-Time Visitor Follow-Up WorkflowIncluded
Building a Simple, Maintainable Church Website and Online Giving
Launch a professional church website and online giving page that a non-technical volunteer can keep up to date in minutes per week.
- 3.1Choosing a Website Platform Your Volunteers Can Actually UseIncluded
- 3.2Designing the Five Pages Every Church Website NeedsIncluded
- 3.3Setting Up Secure Online Giving in an AfternoonIncluded
- 3.4Creating a Volunteer-Friendly Website Maintenance RoutineIncluded
Coordinating a Small Volunteer Team with Digital Tools
Use digital sign-up and task tools to schedule, communicate with, and retain a lean volunteer crew while drastically cutting no-shows and confusion.
- 4.1Auditing Your Volunteer Roles and Scheduling GapsIncluded
- 4.2Setting Up an Online Sign-Up and Scheduling SystemIncluded
- 4.3Automating Volunteer Reminders and Shift ConfirmationsIncluded
- 4.4Keeping Volunteers Engaged and Coming BackIncluded
Streaming and Repurposing Your Sunday Service
Extend your ministry's reach by live-streaming services and turning each message into content that lives across social media and podcast platforms all week.
- 5.1Choosing the Right Live-Streaming Setup for Your BudgetIncluded
- 5.2Going Live on Facebook, YouTube, and BeyondIncluded
- 5.3Repurposing One Sermon Into a Week of ContentIncluded
- 5.4Building a Consistent Social Media Presence on AutopilotIncluded
Building Your 90-Day Digital Operations Plan
Consolidate every tool and workflow learned in the course into a written, volunteer-proof operations plan that keeps ministry running even during shortages.
- 6.1Auditing Where Your Ministry Stands TodayIncluded
- 6.2Setting 90-Day Priorities and MilestonesIncluded
- 6.3Documenting Your Systems So Any Volunteer Can Step InIncluded
- 6.4Stress-Testing Your Plan for Volunteer ShortagesIncluded
- 6.5Launching, Reviewing, and Iterating Your PlanIncluded
Who it's for
Is this you?
The solo-admin pastor
He's the preacher, the bulletin editor, and the IT guy — and he needs systems that run without him.
The church office administrator
She manages everything with a part-time schedule and needs digital tools that multiply her hours, not eat them.
The established senior pastor
He's been in ministry for decades but knows his congregation needs a more connected, modern digital presence.
The new lead pastor
She just stepped into her first lead role at a small church and wants to build smart operational habits from day one.
The volunteer tech lead
He's the most tech-comfortable person on the team and needs a clear roadmap to build systems the whole church can use.
The longtime church matriarch
She's held the ministry together for years and is ready to hand off reliable, documented systems to the next generation of volunteers.
Questions
Frequently asked
Your teacher
A note from your teacher
Official Derick Faison
If you're reading this, there's a good chance you're running harder than anyone in your congregation realizes.
You're the pastor, the admin, the communications director, and the IT department — all at once. Sunday mornings are meaningful, but the 40 hours before them can feel like controlled chaos. Volunteer no-shows. Bulletins that go out late. An outdated website that doesn't reflect the community you've actually built. A giving page that doesn't exist yet, or one that nobody uses because it's too complicated. I've sat with leaders in exactly that spot, and I know how discouraging it feels when the tools that are supposed to help seem like one more thing to learn, break, or babysit.
Here's what I also know: the right technology, set up the right way, changes everything. Not the flashiest tech. Not the most expensive platform. The right tools — affordable, reliable, and simple enough that your volunteers can actually use them without you hovering. When your communications run on autopilot, when your volunteers show up because they got a reminder instead of a phone call, when your Sunday service reaches people who will never set foot in your building — the whole weight of ministry operations shifts. You get your time back. Your team gets clarity. And you get to focus on the reason you said yes to this calling in the first place.
This course is everything I wish someone had handed me when I was figuring this out the hard way. It's not a tech lecture. It's a practical walkthrough — platform by platform, workflow by workflow — built for ministry leaders who are non-techies by trade but willing to learn when the payoff is real. We'll cover church management, automated communications, your website, online giving, volunteer coordination, live-streaming, social media, and a 90-day plan to pull it all together into something that keeps working even when your most reliable volunteer takes a month off.
I've kept the tools affordable and the steps honest. No inflated promises, no tools that require a paid IT consultant to maintain. Just a system that works for a lean team at a real church.
If you're ready to stop drowning in logistics and start leading with margin, I'd love to walk you through it. Come on in — the water's fine, and yes, there's a simple checklist for that too.
— Official Derick Faison
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